Attack Code Posted For Microsoft Works Bug

[HardOCP News]

InfoWorld says that hackers have begun posting proof-of-concept malware code showing how to exploit the Microsoft Works flaw, just one day after Microsoft released its monthly set of security patches.

The proof-of-concept code, posted Wednesday to the Milw0rm Web site, exploits a bug in the Microsoft Works file converter software that is part of Office 2003 and can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer.

 

[provoko]

Who uses MS Works?

 

[bfellow]

Wait... Microsoft and Works in the same phrase? Isn't that an oxymoron?

 

[Azhar]

My mother use Works for the Calendar program, nothing else. At least she has Office 2007, so she's safe from the Office 2003 converter exploit.

 

[xxGriff]

Who uses MS Works?

a very nice woman named Nastinka in the former Soviet Union. it came pre-loaded, and she likes the clip art

 

[FLECOM]

Who uses MS Works?

wow, i can understand not reading the article but at least read the quote

Microsoft Works file converter software that is part of Office 2003